Parshat Vaetchanan: Listen, People
By Rabbi Ari Weber
Every evening for the last 19 months, my wife and I have completed the same ritual. First, there is the poem:...
Letters to the Editor: August 5
We can’t always understand God
Regarding last week’s commentary on the Torah portion by Rabbi David Levin, I must take issue with his glaring points...
What coverage of Biden can teach us about coverage of Israel
By Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt
A recent column inThe Washington Post about President Joe Biden’s declining poll numbers makes the case for Israel better than anything...
The divine call to act on climate change
By Rabbi Devorah Lynn
As is appropriate for a people consumed by books, texts and words, Tisha B’Av, the commemoration of the destruction of both...
How the Abraham Accords took a different path
By Michael Rubin
Albert Einstein supposedly quipped insanity was repeating actions but expecting different results each time. By that definition, America’s Middle East peacemaking has...
How gun violence has touched American Jews
By Tony Zinman
All Americans should see the recent film “Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down.” Not only is it an incredibly inspiring story of how...
Realpolitik in the MD-4 primary
Israel isn’t much of an issue to the voters of Prince George’s County, Maryland. But last month’s Democratic primary in Maryland’s 4th Congressional District,...
Russia targets the Jewish Agency
There’s a lot of uncertainty surrounding the Jewish Agency for Israel office in Moscow. Here is what we know: Last month, Russia’s Justice Ministry...
Parshat Devarim: A people on the cusp of a milestone
By Rabbi Sarah Tasman
Devarim (Words), begins the fifth and final book of the Five Books of Moses. It is the beginning of the end...
The emerging unholy alliance between Russia, Turkey and Iran
By Amir Avivi
Less than a week after U.S. President Joe Biden left the Middle East following a visit that focused on the informal Israeli-Sunni...